2022 Christy Ring Cup

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2022 Christy Ring Cup
Dates9 April – 21 May 2022
Teams6
Champions Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare (4th title)
Brian Byrne (captain)
David Herity (manager)
Runners-up Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
Shane Boland (captain)
Derek Walsh (manager)
Relegated Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored54 (3.38 per match)
Points scored617 (38.56 per match)
Top scorer(s) Colours of Mayo.svg Shane Boland (1-52)
2021 (Previous)(Next) 2023

The 2022 Christy Ring Cup is the 18th staging of the Christy Ring Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2005. The cup began on 9 April 2022 and ended on 21 May 2022. [1] [2]

Contents

London returned to the competition after a two-year hiatus due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. Kildare replaced 2021 champions Offaly in the competition, having come last in the Joe McDonagh Cup in 2021 while Mayo were promoted into the competition, having won the Nicky Rackard Cup in 2021, replacing Roscommon, who finished last in 2021.

The 2022 Christy Ring Cup is played on a Round-Robin basis. The counties who finish in the top two places shall qualify for the final, with the winner being promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup. The bottom placed team in the Round Robin is relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup. [3] [4]

Kildare player Niall Ó Muineacháin scored an own goal against London in the opening minute of their game. [5]

Team changes

To Championship

Relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup

Promoted from the Nicky Rackard Cup

From Championship

Promoted to the Joe McDonagh Cup

Relegated to the Nicky Rackard Cup

Teams

General Information

County Last Cup titleLast provincial titleLast All-Ireland titlePosition in 2021 ChampionshipAppearance
Colours of Derry.svg Derry 2001 Runners-up16th
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 2020 Lost relegation playoff (Joe McDonagh Cup)
Colours of London.svg London 2012 1901 10th
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 1909 Champions (Nicky Rackard Cup)14th
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Semi-finals3rd
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow Semi-finals

Personnel and kits

County Manager Captain(s) Sponsor
Colours of Derry.svg Derry Cormac Donnelly
Dominic McKinley [6]
Cormac O'Doherty [7]
Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare David Herity Brian Byrne
Colours of London.svg London
Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Derek Walsh [8] Shane Boland [8]
Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo Padraig Mannion [9]
Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow Éamonn Scallan [10] Martin O'Brien

Group stage

Table

PosTeamPldWDLSFSADiffPtsQualification
1 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 550016-1338-61+9610Advance to Knockout Stage
2 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 54015-10612-87-28
3 Colours of Derry.svg Derry 53028-855-81+136
4 Colours of London.svg London 52037-969-108-184
5 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 51047-907-107-172
6 Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 50059-5911-125-720Relegation to Nicky Rackard Cup

Fixtures and results

Round 1

9 April 2022Round 1 London 0–26 – 0–21 Sligo McGovern Park, Ruislip
R Crowley (0–12, 10f, 1 65'), B McCarry (0–4), D Hannon (0–3), F Collins (0–2), J Goulding (0–2), M Freaney (0–1), R Lombard (0–1), S Glynn (0–1) Report A Kilcullen (0–10,8f), G O'Kelly-Lynch (0–4, 1f, 1 65'), T Cawley (0–3), C Hanniffy (0–2), P Foley (0–1), R McHugh (0–1)
10 April 2022Round 1 Derry 1–21 – 1–09 Wicklow Celtic Park, Derry
C O'Doherty (0–6,4f,1 '65), O McKeever (0–4), F Bradley (1–1), C Hendry (0–2), B McGilligan (0–2), J Mullan (0–2), M Lynch (0–2), R Mullen (0–1), M McGrath (0–1) Report B Ryan (0–4, 3f), E McCormack (1–0), J Doyle (0–3, 2f), O Young (0–2, 2f),
10 April 2022Round 1 Mayo 0–11 – 5–26 Kildare James Stephens Park, Ballina
S Boland (0–5, 5f), K Higgins (0–3, 3f), J McManus (0–2), J Mooney (0–1) Report J Burke (0–9, 6f), J Sheridan (1–4), C Dowling (1–3), P Divilly (1–3), B Byrne (1–2), S Ryan (0–3), M Delaney (1–0), R Boran (0–1), C McCabe (0–1)

Round 2

16 April 2022Round 2 Wicklow 2–10 – 0–26 Mayo Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim
E Kavanagh (2–0), J Doyle (0–4,3f), B Ryan (0–3, 1f, 1 '65), E McCormack (0–2), J Toomey (0–1) Report J Mooney (0–8), S Kenny (0–5, 1f, 1 '65), S Boland (0–5, 2f), E Delaney (0–4), D Huane (0–1), A Phillips (0–1), K Higgins (0–1), K Feeney (0–1)
16 April 2022Round 2 Kildare 3–35 – 3–14 London St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
J Sheridan (2–4), J Burke (0–9, 8f), G Keegan (0–4), M Delaney (1–1), C McCabe (0–3), C Dowling (0–3), P Dolan (0–2), B Byrne (0–2), S Ryan (0–2), R Boran (0–1), P Divilly (0–1), S Christianseen (0–1), P Leahy (0–1), J Travers (0–1) Report J Goulding (1–3), M Dwyer (0–3), R Crowley (0–3, 2f, 1 '65), Own Goal (1–0), F O'Keefe (1–0), C Byrne (0–2), S Lordan (0–1), M Flannery (0–1), S Glynn (0–1)
17 April 2022Round 2 Sligo 0–11 – 2–20 Derry Markievicz Park, Sligo
G O'Kelly Lynch (0–4, 4f), M Munnelly (0–2), A Kilcullen (0–2, 2f), F Cawley (0–1), J McHugh (0–1), T Cawley (0–1) Report G Bradley (1–4), O McKeever (1–3), C O'Doherty (0–5, 4f, 1'65), D Foley (0–4), R Mullen (0–2), J Mullan (0–1), D McGilligan (0–1)

Round 3

23 April 2022Round 3 London 2–13 – 1–22 Mayo McGovern Park, Ruislip
23 April 2022Round 3 Kildare 1–24 – 0–12 Derry St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
J Burke (0–7, 4f, 1'65), C McCabe (1–4), G Keegan (0–6), J Byrne (0–2), R Boran (0–1), P Divilly (0–1), C Boran (0–1), C Dowling (0–1), S Ryan (0–1) Report R Mullan (0–5, 4f), C O'Doherty (0–2, 2f), D Foley (0–2, 1f), G Bradley (0–1), C Kelly (0–1), B Laverty (0–1)
23 April 2022Round 3 Sligo 4–24 – 1–14 Wicklow Markievicz Park, Sligo
A Kilcullen (2–8, 7f), C Hannify (0–8), G O'Kelly Lynch (0–5, 4f), J McHugh (1–1), R Brennan (1–0), P Foley (0–2), T Cawley (0–1) Report J Doyle (0–6, 4f), S Germaine (1–2, 1-1f), B Ryan (0–3, 3f), M Murphy (0–2), E McCormack (0–1)

Round 4

7 May 2022Round 4 Wicklow 3–10 – 5–25 Kildare Aughrim County Ground, Aughrim
S Germaine (1-2, 1-0pen, 2f), J Henderson (1-1), B Ryan (0-3, 1f, 1 '65), M O'Brien (0-3), E Kavanagh (1-0), J Doyle (0-1) Report J Burke (1-9, 7f, 1'65), J Byrne (1-4), G Keegan (1-2), B Byrne (1-1), C Dowling (1-0), P Divilly (0-2), S Ryan (0-2), C McCabe (0-1), C Boran (0-1), P Dolan (0-1), P McKenna (0-1), D Costello (0-1)
7 May 2022Round 4 Mayo 2–24 – 1–20 Sligo James Stephens Park, Ballina
S Boland (0-12, 11f), K Higgins (1-2), K Feeney (1-2), D Huane (0-2), S Kenny (0-2, 1f), J McManus (0-2), A Phillips (0-1), P Lyons (0-1) Report A Kilcullen (0-10, 8f), G O'Kelly Lynch (0-6, 4f), C Hannify (1-1), J McHugh (0-2), T Cawley (0-1)
8 May 2022Round 4 Derry 3–14 – 1–14 London Owenbeg, Dungiven
C O’Doherty (0–4, 4f), O McKeever (1–1), T McHugh (1–1), R Mullen (0–3, 3f), G Bradley (1–0), D McGilligan (0–2), J Mullan (0–1), D Foley (0–1), E McGill (0–1) Report D Hannon (0–8, 6f, 1 '65), F O'Keefe (1–0), S Glynn (0–2), M Dwyer (0–1), C Nelson (0–1), B McCarry (0–1), J Goulding (0–1)

Round 5

14 May 2022Round 5 Kildare 2-23 - 2-14 Sligo St Conleth's Park, Newbridge
B Byrne (0-7), M Delaney (1-4), S Ryan (1-2), J Sheridan (0-4), C Kielty (0-2), C Boran (0-1), P. Dolan (0-1), F. Bass (0-1), D. Costello (0-1) Report A Kilcullen (1-11), T Cawley (1-0), G O’Kelly-Lynch (0-2), C Hannify (0-1)
14 May 2022Round 5 London 1-29 - 2-16 Wicklow McGovern Park, Ruislip
J Goulding (1-6), D Hannon (0-8, 7f), S Glynn (0-3), M Dwyer (0-3), M Freaney (0-2), C Lordan (0-2), B McCarry (0-2), F O’Keefe (0-1), P Muldoon (0-1), M Flannery (0-1) Report S Germaine (2-5, 0-3f, 2-0pen), B Ryan (0-3, 1f, 1 ’65), E Kavanagh (0-2), M Murphy (0-1), J Henderson (0-1), J Doyle (0-1), O Young (0-1), R Lambe (0-1), K Conway (0-1)
14 May 2022Round 5 Mayo 2-23 - 2-18 Derry MacHale Park, Castlebar
S Boland (0-12, 8f), J Mooney (1-3), K Feeney (1-1), J McManus (0-2), D Kenny (0-1), K Higgins (0-1), D Huane (0-1), S Kenny (0-1, f) Report J Mullan (1-3), C O’Doherty (0-6,6f), R McKeever (1-2), D Gilligan (0-2), D Foley (0-2), R Mullan (0-1), P Kelly (0-1), G Bradley (0-1)

Knockout stage

Final

21 May 2022Final Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 2-29 - 0-19 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo Croke Park, Dublin
James Burke 0-11 (0-7f, 0-1 65), Gerry Keegan 0-10, Brian Byrne 1-2, Cathal Dowling 1-1, Cathal McCabe 0-3, Shane Ryan 0-1, Paul Dolan 0-1. Report Shane Boland 0-10 (0-8f), Kenny Feeney 0-3 (0-1f), Joseph McManus 0-2, Eoin Delaney 0-1, Joseph Mooney 0-1 (sideline), Keith Higgins 0-1, Seán Kenny 0-1f.Referee: Michael Kennedy (Tipperary)

Kildare are promoted to the 2023 Joe McDonagh Cup.

Stadia and locations

Statistics

Top scorers

Top Scorer Overall

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalMatchesAverage
1Shane Boland [11] Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 1-525569.17
2Andy Kilcullen Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 3-4150510.00
3 James Burke Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 1-444759.40
4Gerry Keegan Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 1-232646.50
5 Cormac O'Doherty Colours of Derry.svg Derry 0–232354.60
6Brian Byrne Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 3-132263.67
7Seanie Germaine Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 4-92145.25
Jack Sheridan Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 3–122163.50
Gerard O'Kelly-Lynch Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 0–212154.25

In a single game

RankPlayerCountyTallyTotalOpposition
1Andy Kilcullen Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 2–814 Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow
Andy Kilcullen Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 1-1114 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare
3Ronan Crowley Colours of London.svg London 0–1212 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo
Shane Boland Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 0–1212 Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo
James Burke Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 1-912 Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow
Shane Boland Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 0–1212 Colours of Derry.svg Derry
7Seanie Germaine Colours of Wicklow.svg Wicklow 2-511 Colours of London.svg London
James Burke Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 0-1111 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
Shane Boland Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 1-0811 Colours of London.svg London
10Gerry Keegan Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 0-1010 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
Andy Kilcullen Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 0–1010 Colours of London.svg London
Jack Sheridan Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 2–410 Colours of London.svg London
Andy Kilcullen Colours of Sligo.svg Sligo 0–1010 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
James Burke Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare 0-1010 Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo
Shane Boland Colours of Mayo.svg Mayo 0–1010 Colours of Kildare.svg Kildare

Miscellaneous

Related Research Articles

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